Obstetric life support manual : etiology, prevention, and treatment of maternal medical emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pregnant and postpartum patients /

"This text is a comprehensive review in normal and abnormal pregnancy physiology, the most common etiologies of maternal medical emergencies, recognition of maternal deterioration and pending cardiopulmonary arrest, modifications to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnant and postpartum patie...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Shields, Andrea (Editor), Vidosh, Jacqueline (Editor), Kavanagh, Laurie (Editor), Nielsen, Peter (Peter E.) (Editor), Thomson, Brook (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Heart diseases in pregnancy. Pregnancy > Complications. Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular > prevention & control Heart Arrest > prevention & control Emergency Treatment > methods Life Support Care > methods Cœur > Maladies, chez la femme enceinte. MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine MEDICAL / Family & General Practice Heart diseases in pregnancy Pregnancy > Complications Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Background on maternal cardiac arrest
Anatomic and physiologic adaptations of pregnancy
Prevention of maternal cardiac arrest
Common causes of maternal cardiac arrest
Review of CPR modifications for pregnant patients in basic life support
Review of cardiopulmonary resuscitation modifications for pregnant patients in advanced cardiac life support and advanced life support
Special procedures in OBLS
Traumatic maternal cardiac arrest
Postpartum cardiac arrest
Maternal stroke and acute cerebrovascular disease
Post-arrest care
Communication during MCA
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